Ilya Smolensky 🤍💙🤍
@ilya-smolensky.bsky.social
🇷🇺 Postdoc at Dragos Inta group @depbiomedicine.bsky.social Basel🇨🇭 #MolecularPsychiatry #NutritionalPsychiatry #SexDifferences #AnimalBehavior #RussiansAgainstWar
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#albadiversityweek 2025 DAY 4
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
#albadiversityweek 2025 DAY 4
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
📢 Calling all neuroscientists with disabilities!
Join the ALBA Database of Scientists with Disabilities to increase representation, speak at conferences, or provide advice to improve policies and practices for inclusion in neuroscience. 🧵
✍️Sign up here: loom.ly/zZ4n6xY
Amazing time in Bordeaux at the @ebbsociety.bsky.social meeting despite unbearable +38 with no AC! Happy to meet and talk to my dear Swiss colleagues @carmensandi10.bsky.social and @bohaceklab.bsky.social. Huge thanks to EBBS and all brilliant speakers!
July 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Amazing time in Bordeaux at the @ebbsociety.bsky.social meeting despite unbearable +38 with no AC! Happy to meet and talk to my dear Swiss colleagues @carmensandi10.bsky.social and @bohaceklab.bsky.social. Huge thanks to EBBS and all brilliant speakers!
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June 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What a pleasure and a privilege to have the one and only Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social here in Basel sharing his thoughts and his research on institutions, economic development and new technologies. Thank you for this truly inspiring lecture!
January 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What a pleasure and a privilege to have the one and only Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social here in Basel sharing his thoughts and his research on institutions, economic development and new technologies. Thank you for this truly inspiring lecture!
An interview which I gave to the “Disabled in STEMM” project by the University of Tokyo is finally out! Hopefully these interviews of researchers with disabilities will help and support many others in Japan and around the world d-stemm.jp/2024/11/28/4...
#DEI #Inclusion #Disability #DisabledInSTEMM
#DEI #Inclusion #Disability #DisabledInSTEMM
イリヤ・スモレンスキー博士 Dr Ilya Smolensky – Disabled in STEMM
d-stemm.jp
January 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
An interview which I gave to the “Disabled in STEMM” project by the University of Tokyo is finally out! Hopefully these interviews of researchers with disabilities will help and support many others in Japan and around the world d-stemm.jp/2024/11/28/4...
#DEI #Inclusion #Disability #DisabledInSTEMM
#DEI #Inclusion #Disability #DisabledInSTEMM
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Almost a year ago, Alexey Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition, was killed in jail on Putin's orders. Shortly before that, his court defenders were arrested - to further isolate him. Yesterday, they were sentenced to 3-5 years in jail. Jailing lawyers is a fascist practice.
January 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Almost a year ago, Alexey Navalny, the leader of the Russian opposition, was killed in jail on Putin's orders. Shortly before that, his court defenders were arrested - to further isolate him. Yesterday, they were sentenced to 3-5 years in jail. Jailing lawyers is a fascist practice.
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New research reveals that like humans and other social mammals, cats tend to mirror the faces of their companions—a key component to getting along. scim.ag/3PBDsom
Copy cats: Kitties mirror each other’s faces to get along
The behavior—also seen in humans and other social animals—is a key to bonding
scim.ag
January 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New research reveals that like humans and other social mammals, cats tend to mirror the faces of their companions—a key component to getting along. scim.ag/3PBDsom
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As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org/content/arti...
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org/content/arti...
As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org
January 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
As academic Bluesky grows, researchers find strengths—and shortcomings
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org/content/arti...
Platform fosters collegial interactions among scientists, but potentially limits interactions beyond the academic community
www.science.org/content/arti...
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🎆Happy New Year from the PIXIE Lab!🎆
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
January 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🎆Happy New Year from the PIXIE Lab!🎆
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
We're excited to be back and share with you the details of our next Immunopsychaitry Meeting - join us for an exciting talk by Prof Christian Otte @kingsioppn.bsky.social @valeriamondelli.bsky.social
🕓Monday 13th Jan @ 4pm (GMT)
🔗Join online: bit.ly/3BxcBq6
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In the era of Trump 2.0, we're calling on all scientists+ to unpack science for the public. This is much bigger than anyone of us. But if we all do one thing, imagine the cumulative impact!
It need not be a burden. More here, in @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
It need not be a burden. More here, in @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
In your New Year’s resolutions for 2025, consider public outreach
If every person in the neuroscience community committed to doing one thing, imagine the cumulative difference it would make.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In the era of Trump 2.0, we're calling on all scientists+ to unpack science for the public. This is much bigger than anyone of us. But if we all do one thing, imagine the cumulative impact!
It need not be a burden. More here, in @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
It need not be a burden. More here, in @thetransmitter.bsky.social.
www.thetransmitter.org/craft-and-ca...
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Don't miss out also @dhuzard.bsky.social talk! Learn to turn complex animal research into captivating stories that resonate, spark curiosity, and build trust. Practical tips & real-world examples await!
Preregister: helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#animalresearch #communication
Preregister: helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#animalresearch #communication
January 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Don't miss out also @dhuzard.bsky.social talk! Learn to turn complex animal research into captivating stories that resonate, spark curiosity, and build trust. Practical tips & real-world examples await!
Preregister: helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#animalresearch #communication
Preregister: helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#animalresearch #communication
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One of the best neuroscience meetings in 2025. Can't wait to be there 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
🌟 Mark your calendars for the EBBS Meeting in Bordeaux, June 28 – July 1
🧠 Connect, explore cutting-edge neuroscience, and enjoy Bordeaux’s charm
📅 Registration opens on January 15
👉 Check out the preliminary program ebbs2025.azuleon.org/programme
📲 Follow us for the latest updates
🧠 Connect, explore cutting-edge neuroscience, and enjoy Bordeaux’s charm
📅 Registration opens on January 15
👉 Check out the preliminary program ebbs2025.azuleon.org/programme
📲 Follow us for the latest updates
EBBS 2025 :: Programme
The website of the 51st EBBS Meeting :: EBBS 2025
ebbs2025.azuleon.org
December 27, 2024 at 10:36 AM
One of the best neuroscience meetings in 2025. Can't wait to be there 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results - Nature Human Behaviour
Large language models (LLMs) can synthesize vast amounts of information. Luo et al. show that LLMs—especially BrainGPT, an LLM the authors tuned on the neuroscience literature—outperform experts in pr...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Large language models surpass human experts in predicting neuroscience results www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our latest review-with @bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we pour our ❤️🧠 & soul to outline our position on why we are so passionate about harnessing the power of sex differences & within sex diff to propel precision medicine forward let us know if we convince you www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Leveraging research into sex differences and steroid hormones to improve brain health - Nature Reviews Endocrinology
This Review outlines how the effects of steroid hormones on hippocampal neuroplasticity across the adult lifespan differ between the sexes, highlighting the importance of considering sex and steroid h...
www.nature.com
November 26, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Our latest review-with @bonniee-leee.bsky.social where we pour our ❤️🧠 & soul to outline our position on why we are so passionate about harnessing the power of sex differences & within sex diff to propel precision medicine forward let us know if we convince you www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Happy to share that our work on the impact of stress on human milk microbiome is now published in BBI! Great work lead by Hannah Juncker!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Maternal stress in the early postpartum period is associated with alterations in human milk microbiome composition
Maternal stress is associated with negative early-life development and (mental)health outcomes. There is recent evidence that maternal stress in the p…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Happy to share that our work on the impact of stress on human milk microbiome is now published in BBI! Great work lead by Hannah Juncker!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I signed this letter urging the international community to demand that Israel respect international humanitarian law and end the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, and that all hostages and unduly imprisoned civilians are released. You might want to sign too:
tinyurl.com/PsychLetter
tinyurl.com/PsychLetter
Open letter of psychologists and neuroscientists for peace in the Middle East
We, psychologists and neuroscientists from around the world, call the international community to urgently put pressure towards an immediate ceasefire in Israel, Palestine and Lebanon, to demand that t...
tinyurl.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:42 PM
I signed this letter urging the international community to demand that Israel respect international humanitarian law and end the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, and that all hostages and unduly imprisoned civilians are released. You might want to sign too:
tinyurl.com/PsychLetter
tinyurl.com/PsychLetter
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How to write a grant?
1. The application is for the reviewer, not you, the applicant.
2. Communicate in stories.
3. Make your story cohesive—leave no puzzling gaps.
4. Make your story resonate to keep the reviewer reading.
5. Accept chance and noise in peer-review.
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
November 24, 2024 at 3:38 PM
How to write a grant?
1. The application is for the reviewer, not you, the applicant.
2. Communicate in stories.
3. Make your story cohesive—leave no puzzling gaps.
4. Make your story resonate to keep the reviewer reading.
5. Accept chance and noise in peer-review.
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
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This is why representation matters. This is why programs that support women in STEM (or any male dominated space) is important. I wish more men had this perspective and respect for their female peers.
And yes, it’s a real letter: www.today.com/today/amp/td...
#WomenInSTEM #RepresentationMatters
And yes, it’s a real letter: www.today.com/today/amp/td...
#WomenInSTEM #RepresentationMatters
November 22, 2024 at 7:57 PM
This is why representation matters. This is why programs that support women in STEM (or any male dominated space) is important. I wish more men had this perspective and respect for their female peers.
And yes, it’s a real letter: www.today.com/today/amp/td...
#WomenInSTEM #RepresentationMatters
And yes, it’s a real letter: www.today.com/today/amp/td...
#WomenInSTEM #RepresentationMatters
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Pulled together this starter pack for Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Research.
🧠🦠🥼
Hope it is helpful for the people joining in here and nucleating a community.
May have missed people, please leave a reply and I can then add to the pack.
Cheers.
go.bsky.app/PZhXP7R
🧠🦠🥼
Hope it is helpful for the people joining in here and nucleating a community.
May have missed people, please leave a reply and I can then add to the pack.
Cheers.
go.bsky.app/PZhXP7R
November 22, 2024 at 10:22 PM
Pulled together this starter pack for Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Research.
🧠🦠🥼
Hope it is helpful for the people joining in here and nucleating a community.
May have missed people, please leave a reply and I can then add to the pack.
Cheers.
go.bsky.app/PZhXP7R
🧠🦠🥼
Hope it is helpful for the people joining in here and nucleating a community.
May have missed people, please leave a reply and I can then add to the pack.
Cheers.
go.bsky.app/PZhXP7R
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A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 PM
A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Mega-thread of 50 psychology-related starter packs!
Click here and scroll up! bsky.app/profile/mark...
#Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
Click here and scroll up! bsky.app/profile/mark...
#Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
a cartoon hand is pointing up at a book titled psychology
ALT: a cartoon hand is pointing up at a book titled psychology
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November 23, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Mega-thread of 50 psychology-related starter packs!
Click here and scroll up! bsky.app/profile/mark...
#Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
Click here and scroll up! bsky.app/profile/mark...
#Psychology #AcademicSky #EduSky 🧪
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Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
After recent changes to Elon Musk’s X, a gradual migration turns into a stampede
www.science.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Like ‘old Twitter’: The scientific community finds a new home on Bluesky
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Here’s our new review lead by @rominagl4.bsky.social on the roller coaster of central & peripheral inflammatory signalling during pregnancy & the postpartum & it’s relation to psychiatric disease risk in short term & neurodegenerative in long term www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Inflammatory signalling during the perinatal period: Implications for short- and long-term disease risk
During pregnancy and the postpartum, there are dynamic fluctuations in steroid and peptide hormone levels as well as inflammatory signalling. These ch…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 22, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Here’s our new review lead by @rominagl4.bsky.social on the roller coaster of central & peripheral inflammatory signalling during pregnancy & the postpartum & it’s relation to psychiatric disease risk in short term & neurodegenerative in long term www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...